Shloka 139

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते द्रोणपर्वणि जयद्रथवधपर्वणि भीमकर्णयुद्धे एकोनचत्वारिंशदिधिकशततमो<ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate droṇaparvaṇi jayadrathavadhaparvaṇi bhīmakarṇayuddhe ekonacatvāriṃśad-adhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

قال سانجيا: «هكذا ينتهي، في الـمهابهاراتا الشريفة، ضمن كتاب درونا، في القسم المتعلّق بقتل جايادراثا، الفصل الذي يصف قتال بهيما وكَرْنا—وهو الفصل التاسع والثلاثون بعد المئة».

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

श्रीमहाभारतेin the venerable Mahabharata

द्रोणपर्वणिin the Drona Parva

जयद्रथवधपर्वणिin the section (parvan) on the slaying of Jayadratha

भीमकर्णयुद्धेin the battle between Bhima and Karna

एकोनचत्वारिंशत्one less than forty (i.e., thirty-nine)

अधिकadditional; exceeding

शततमःthe hundredth

अध्यायःchapter

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Mahābhārata

Droṇa Parva

Jayadratha

Bhīma

Karṇa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This line functions as a colophon rather than a doctrinal verse: it teaches the importance of textual and moral framing—war episodes are not isolated feats but are situated within vows, duties, and the unfolding consequences tracked across the epic’s structure.

What is happening in the narrative?

The chapter concludes. The colophon identifies the larger book (Droṇa Parva), the sub-section focused on Jayadratha’s death, and specifies that this chapter concerned the combat between Bhīma and Karṇa, with Sañjaya as the narrator.